__________________Michael Joseph Jackson 1958-2009. Gone Too Soon.
May he finally find the peace that eluded him in life.There is only ONE Spider-Man. His name is Peter Parker. He's an adult, and he's straight!

It was mostly due to studio interference that third comic movies such as SM3 and X3 weren't on par with their predecessors. As long as WB stays out of Nolan's way I think he'll deliver a solid third film.

For instance if he doesn't want the movie in 3D, WB should respect his wishes and not force it upon him. This type of thing could cause him to bail(no pun intended) and we get some hack/yes man who screws everything up.

Let's not forget to add Blade 3 to that list as well. I would be pleasantly surprise if Batman 3 doesn't fall for the 3rd movie curse. We have never gotten a truly awesome superhero trilogy, to date. here's keeping my fingers crossed.

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Every morning a Gazelle wakes up, it knows it must run faster than the fastest Lion or it will be killed.

Every morning a Lion wakes up, it knows it must outrun the slowest Gazelle, or it will starve to death.

It doesn't matter whether you're a LION or a GAZELLE when the sun comes up, you better be RUNNING!

Blade Trinity is one movie that I feel could have benefitted from some interference. It seems to me that when Goyer was given complete autonomy that's when things went wrong.

__________________Michael Joseph Jackson 1958-2009. Gone Too Soon.
May he finally find the peace that eluded him in life.There is only ONE Spider-Man. His name is Peter Parker. He's an adult, and he's straight!

I think that The Dark Knight Rises will do great, and definitely won’t be apart of this ‘curse’, but then again, I’m also someone who didn’t hate Spider-man 3... I didn’t love it, but I didn’t hate it.

That said, I think expectations from the main-stream will be too high from Dark Knight. They'll be expecting something superior and so, if we get something "on par" or "near par" it'll be viewed as a disappointment while really not being such.

That said, I think expectations from the main-stream will be too high from Dark Knight. They'll be expecting something superior and so, if we get something "on par" or "near par" it'll be viewed as a disappointment while really not being such.

Completely agree. With the fans, I think if it isn't better than "The Dark Knight", then it may be regarded as being worse than "Batman & Robin".

__________________Michael Joseph Jackson 1958-2009. Gone Too Soon.
May he finally find the peace that eluded him in life.There is only ONE Spider-Man. His name is Peter Parker. He's an adult, and he's straight!

__________________Michael Joseph Jackson 1958-2009. Gone Too Soon.
May he finally find the peace that eluded him in life.There is only ONE Spider-Man. His name is Peter Parker. He's an adult, and he's straight!

Though TDK is arguably more epic in scale than Begins, there's no question that Nolan has pre-planned this trilogy from the day he was hired and envisioned every chapter of this story on a large scale.

Just off the top of my head I can't think of many "thirds" that are great. Indiana Jones maybe, seeing as how it's no longer a part of a trilogy. Are we counting final movies in trilogies? Back to the Future 3 was pretty good.

Most of the best third films tend to follow a second film that wasn't as popular (ex. Indiana Jones, Harry Potter). The only two series that I can think of that had what is generally considered to be a classic as the second film and then went above and beyond that for third, which is what will have to be done for Batman, are James Bond (which had From Russia with Love and followed up with Goldfinger) and The Dollars Trilogy (which had For a Few Dollars More and followed it with The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly). I personally think that Return of the King was better than The Two Towers, but that doesn't seem to be the consensus so I won't count it.

Just off the top of my head I can't think of many "thirds" that are great. Indiana Jones maybe, seeing as how it's no longer a part of a trilogy. Are we counting final movies in trilogies? Back to the Future 3 was pretty good.

I'm sure that Batman will escape the "Third Act Curse". The problem with comic book trilogies seems to be that they wanna put as much characters/villains as possible in it. X-Men 3 wasted / killed off so many interesting mutants, it's not funny.
For TDKR we have Bane. And Catwoman who may not be a "real" villain at all.
Even Two-Face wasn't a real villain in TDK.

Most of the best third films tend to follow a second film that wasn't as popular (ex. Indiana Jones, Harry Potter). The only two series that I can think of that had what is generally considered to be a classic as the second film and then went above and beyond that for third, which is what will have to be done for Batman, are James Bond (which had From Russia with Love and followed up with Goldfinger) and The Dollars Trilogy (which had For a Few Dollars More and followed it with The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly). I personally think that Return of the King was better than The Two Towers, but that doesn't seem to be the consensus so I won't count it.

This does NOT apply to the comic book genre. I think by & large the 2nd installment of a comic book franchise is the MOST popular.

__________________Michael Joseph Jackson 1958-2009. Gone Too Soon.
May he finally find the peace that eluded him in life.There is only ONE Spider-Man. His name is Peter Parker. He's an adult, and he's straight!

I think you're right, Godzilla. Truth be told, it may be a contributing factor TO the "Third Act Curse".

__________________Michael Joseph Jackson 1958-2009. Gone Too Soon.
May he finally find the peace that eluded him in life.There is only ONE Spider-Man. His name is Peter Parker. He's an adult, and he's straight!

That's what I meant. You raise the bar and have no idea how you're going to clear it.

__________________Michael Joseph Jackson 1958-2009. Gone Too Soon.
May he finally find the peace that eluded him in life.There is only ONE Spider-Man. His name is Peter Parker. He's an adult, and he's straight!